Hi All - Since the beginning of September a lot of Wilddoggers would have made a trip. This is a good time to add some pics of the people you have encountered !!!

As you know, we have been to Angola and now that MJ's ride report is almost done - eventually and after a lot of people have run out of patience - here are some of memorable ones of our trip. Enjoy !!

This young girl were met on the way to the Kunene, roaming around with her cattle all by herself.

On our arrival at Monte Negro at the Kunene River, we had a couple of cold ones with the local police. I just could not resist the temptation to test the power of such a big guy - it turns out that even after giving it my best, he still was not noticing me hanging onto his arm.

Down at the river, we got some incredible footage of what life-forms hangs around at the Kunene !

I just have to post these two family pictures of Michnus en MJ ...............

Jose and Jose, our friends from Lubango. These good, friendly and loving people were supposed to be our enemies a couple of years back. What a privilledge to have met them and what blessing that they have survived !!!

After entertaining us for the whole evening and after a lot of Ngola's, we got down to some serious reflections of the past and what could have been.

On the way back to Ruacana, we stopped at a couple of places. This pretty girl made us a very nice goat meat meal. Who would have thought it could actually taste good. We had some bad experiences on previous trips.

This was the shopkeeper.

And these were some of the youngsters who got exposed to the wonders of a digital camera.

This must be the most real cowboy in Africa, if not the world. At first he was reluctant, but MJ eventually got this awesome picture of him.

Fred Leask, from Ugie, sharing a gwaai with a local lady.

At the next rest stop, Michnus befriended himself with another thirsty fellow and shared a last cold one.

I enjoyed Angola so much, I even got myself a shirt of which I am very proud. I never thought I would love another country more than my own, but I had no choice in this matter.

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Happy 'car guard' in De Rust....Number one is their drink. 2 bikes in background are two guys we met on their way to Namibia with a film crew. Third bike`s engine seized just ouside town. Was about 40 deg Celsius that day.

When I was riding on the 800 GS launch in KZN in some remote, foresty area, I came across a chap that looked almost identical.

Is it a genetic mutation kind of thing?

The guy was quite surprised at this bike & rider (admitted, with out Darth Vader suits we do not exactly epitomise hippie culture ), but when I waved (I alwas do) his face lit up. I will never forget that instant. It was almost haunting.

Then I found out I took a wrong turnoff 400 m further, turned around and rode past him again. Was he confused! But I waved anyway.

I sincerely feel sorry for the bloke. And I don't think he's the most popular guy in the village either, since everyone was walking in groups - except him, all on his ace.

Personally I try and engage locals wherever I go. That's just my personality. In the end we're all humans.

"Crawling on the planet's faceare insects called the human race.Lost in time... and lost in space".

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"The test of a man is not the forum nor the field; not the marketplace nor the amen corner, but at his own fireside. There he lays aside his mask, and you may judge whether he be imp or angel, king or cur, hero or humbug." - William Cowper Brann

Slave descendants. Taken in Tesselaarsdal which is a community founded by a local farmer for his freed slaves. It was quite usual for a slave owner to father children with his female slaves so there may be some of his benevolent genes here.

Day 8 of our Kaokoland trip these boys was playing around the area of our bikes

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